LA Scene: Did you know that there is an election on 3/24/2009?

There is an election to file the 26th State Senate District seat in Los Angeles.

The seat is vacant because Mark Ridley-Thomas won a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Who is trying to get his old job?

Well, the guy with the cash is Curren D. Price, Jr. who was a state assemblyman. I've gotten many, many, many mailers from his campaign.

I got one piece of mail from Jonathan Friedman who say on his web page: "Los Angeles native Jonathan Friedman is a Chartered Financial Analyst and an expert in tax policy and financial issues."

I have not received any mailers for the other six candidates.

Mike Davis has a few paragraphs in the voter booklet. He is also a state assemblyman like Price.

Robert Cole also has a few paragraphs in the voter booklet. He has worked as a staffer in a Congressional House office, a California Assembly office and a local government commission.

Saundra Davis is the Vice President of the Board of Education for the Culver City Unified School District.

Cindy Varela Henderson is an Peace and Freedom party activist.

Nachum Shifren is a LA Public school teacher and is also known in the community as "the surfing Rabbi" with interests in fitness and nutrition.

Mervin Leon Evans is a management consultant.

Here is a web page with all the candidates listed and a brief description of them.

This LA Times item survey's the field and covered a candidate forum.

Who would you vote for?